by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | 30 Days of Blogging, Uncategorized
Coco was one of my favorite movies of the year. I’m a grown man and I cried twice. It was a moving tribute to Mexican culture. I’ve been studying art and culture for more than a decade and one of my first intrigues was the short life of Frida Kahlo, her...
by admin | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dear Chaz, This letter is from your future self. It is February 27, 2023. You are 31 and aging like fine wine. Mmm, you may be aging like milk but who’s to say? I wanted to write to show you the life you are headed towards because if you don’t know where...
by admin | Feb 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
I wanted to improve on showcasing my design work. No one will ever just hand you a project that is everything you’ve dreamed of. I’m going to start making it happen on my own. Starting on March 1st, I am going to create and post a design to my blog every...
by admin | Feb 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
22, A Million – Bon Iver – Thoughtful songwriting and transcendent lyricism. Though it’s labeled “alternative”, you can find jazz, rock, and electronic influences. Continuum – John Mayer – This album single-handedly made me...
by admin | Feb 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’m writing out my process just to document how I create. I don’t believe that I’ve ever vocalized this and I think that putting pen to paper will help solidify my ideas. My first step when I am beginning a project is to get a clear picture from the...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
When I was first learning guitar, I wanted to play one song and one song only; Free bird. I dreamed of being on stage and when the inevitable scream of “FREE BIRD” came from the crowd, I would play all 9 minutes of it. Now the thing about the guitar part on Leonard...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
In graphic design, there is realism and then there is abstract. Realism is detail. It is anatomy and wrinkles. Realism carries with it every piece of information that an object contains. Abstract, in contrast, is as little information as possible. It is a...
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
You may have extremely strong feelings about the incidents in the last week regarding gun control, the second amendment, school safety, etc. Just this morning, a 7th-grade student at a middle school just 10 minutes from me brought a gun to school and shot himself in...
by admin | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you are reading this, you are in a crunch. You decided to look online for resources to find a subject to write about or a mentality shift or literally anything to produce the content that you need. I’m not going to bog you down with a lengthy introduction...
by admin | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
A Haiku on Opportunity- There’s a world yonder frightening and rapturous, time does no justice. In this haiku, I wanted to convey that opportunity in itself must be met with exuberant joy and crippling fear. It would be demise or a promise if one of those elements...